AUSTIN, Texas - January 31, 2023 - National Instruments Corporation (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced Q4 2022 revenue of $448 million, up 7 percent year over year and an all-time quarterly record.

In Q4 2022, the value of the company’s total orders was down 3 percent year over year. Geographic order growth for Q4 2022 compared with Q4 2021 was down 7 percent in the Americas, down 9 percent in APAC and up 7 percent in EMEA.

In Q4, GAAP gross margin was 68 percent and non-GAAP gross margin was 70 percent. Total Q4 GAAP operating expenses were $244 million, down 1 percent year over year. Total Q4 non-GAAP operating expenses were $201 million, down 6 percent year over year. GAAP operating margin was 13 percent in Q4, with GAAP operating income of $60 million, up 21 percent year over year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 25 percent in Q4, with non-GAAP operating income of $112 million, up 16 percent year over year.

GAAP net income for Q4 was $40 million, with diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $0.30, and non-GAAP net income was $83 million, with non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.63.

“2022 was a strong year as we continued to make strides in transforming NI into a higher-growth, more profitable, and more resilient company. Despite ongoing global macroeconomic uncertainty, we delivered on the 2022 targets we shared at our September investor conference with record revenue of $1.7 billion, up 13 percent YOY, and non-GAAP operating margin of 20 percent, up 130 bps as compared to 2021," said Eric Starkloff, NI president and CEO. “As we head into 2023, even in a recessionary environment, we now expect to exceed our 300 bps non-GAAP margin expansion target.”

“In my first few weeks at NI, I've been impressed with the high level of talent in the organization, as well as the NI culture of engineering and commitment to its customers,” said Daniel Berenbaum, NI CFO. “My focus will be on accelerating operational improvements to achieve our margin targets, improving working capital management and cash flow generation, and building investor confidence in our ability to execute. We have already undertaken a number of initiatives which underpin our confidence in being able to generate significant operating margin improvement in 2023.”

In 2022, GAAP operating expenses were $964 million, up 4 percent year over year, and non-GAAP operating expenses were $836 million, up 1 percent year over year. GAAP net income in 2022 was $140 million, up 56 percent year over year, and non-GAAP net income was $255 million, up 14 percent year over year.

Today, NI management will host a call with the investment community to discuss the company's financial performance in the fourth quarter. Investors can listen to the Q4 2022 earnings conference call beginning at 4:00 p.m. CT today. This event will be webcast in listen-only mode. Listeners may log on to the call at www.ni.com/investor-relations under the “Events and Presentations” section and select “Q4 2022 NATI Earnings Conference Call” to participate. The webcast will remain on the company site for 90 days.

To supplement NI’s financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, NI has provided non-GAAP financial information, including non-GAAP revenue or net sales, gross profit, gross margin, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, provision for income taxes, net income, net margin and diluted EPS and non-GAAP guidance for diluted EPS. A reconciliation of the adjustments to GAAP results is included in the tables below. Additionally, certain non-GAAP financial measures presented on a forward-looking basis, such as non-GAAP operating margin, were not reconciled to the comparable GAAP financial measures because the reconciliation could not be performed without unreasonable efforts due to the unpredictability of the amounts and timing of events affecting the items we exclude from non-GAAP measures. Non-GAAP financial information is not meant as a substitute for GAAP results, but is included because management believes such information is useful to our investors for informational and comparative purposes. In addition, certain non-GAAP financial information is used internally by management to evaluate and manage the company. The non-GAAP financial information used by NI may differ from that used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including without limitation those statements about our expectations of accelerating growth and progress to meet or exceed our financial targets and long-term financial model, our continued momentum across regions and business units, our opportunities to drive growth, profitability and efficiency in our business, confidence in our strategy and the strategic changes made to our business, our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions and execute our growth strategy, our ability to turn backlog to revenue, our ability to drive customer demand through focus on high growth opportunities, the impacts of war in Europe, supply chain constraints and software licensing model transition on our financial results, the outcome of the Company’s restructuring activities and strategic alternatives process and our guidance and expectations for our Q1 2023 revenue, diluted EPS and non-GAAP diluted EPS, and future operating expenses, backlog, lead times, gross margin, operating margin and tax rate. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation: the global shortage of key components; effect of the global economic and geopolitical conditions; our international operations and foreign economies; adverse public health matters, including epidemics and pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic; our ability to effectively manage our partners and distribution channels; interruptions in our technology systems or cyber-attacks on our systems; the dependency of our product revenue on certain industries and the risk of contractions in such industries; concentration of credit risk and uncertain conditions in the global financial markets; our ability to compete in markets that are highly competitive; our ability to release successful new products or achieve expected returns; the risk that our manufacturing capacity and a substantial majority of our warehousing and distribution capacity are located outside of the U.S.; our dependence on key suppliers and distributors; longer delivery lead times from our suppliers; risk of product liability claims; dependence on our proprietary rights and risks of intellectual property litigation; the continued service of key management, technical personnel and operational employees; our ability to comply with environmental laws and associated costs; our ability to maintain our website; the risks of bugs, vulnerabilities, errors or design flaws in our products; our restructuring activities; our exposure to large orders; our shift to more system orders; our ability to effectively manage our operating expenses and meet budget; fluctuations in our quarterly results due to factors outside of our control; our outstanding debt; the interest rate risk associated with our variable rate indebtedness; seasonal variation in our revenues; our ability to comply with laws and regulations; changes in tax rates and exposure to additional tax liabilities; our ability to make certain acquisitions or dispositions, integrate the companies we acquire or separate the companies we sold and/or enter into strategic relationships; risks related to currency fluctuations; provisions in charter documents and Delaware law that delay or prevent our acquisition; and risks related to our strategic review process. In addition, our ability to declare and/or pay declared dividends is subject to compliance with the terms of our existing credit agreement. The company directs readers to its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, its subsequent Form 10-Qs, and the other documents it files with the SEC for other risks associated with the company’s future performance. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements. All information in this release is as of the date above. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company’s expectations.

(1): In the fourth quarter 2022, we reclassified $26.9 million of accrued liability balances from “Accounts payable” to “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities.”  To conform with the current period presentation, the following amounts reported in previous periods have also been reclassified: $25.6 million at September 30, 2022, $29.8 million at June 30, 2022, $23.2 million at March 31, 2022, and $24.2 million at December 31, 2021.